English Language Studies BA (Hons)

University of Winchester
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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Winchester

This three year course offers a coherent but varied range of topics, allowing students to specialise within areas (such as historic linguistics or sociolinguistics) whilst exploring other areas of the English language.In Year 1, students are introduced to many of the key concepts and skills that are required throughout the degree. In particular, the three Understanding Language modules provide students with the analytic building blocks for language study.Year 2 moves the students beyond the concepts and tools learned in the first year as they begin to apply these to language and discourse within the world around them, to both historic and contemporary texts. Students are increasingly expected to work with real data collected by themselves.In Year 3, students are able to specialise if they wish to and are encouraged to develop their own research interests. This culminates in an extended piece of work, either a dissertation or an independent project. 

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Winchester (Hampshire)
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University Of Winchester, SO22 4NR

Start date

On request

About this course

Our aim is to shape 'confident learners' by enabling you to develop the skills needed to excel in your studies here and as well as onto further studies or the employment market.You are taught primarily through a combination of lectures and seminars, allowing opportunities to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures in smaller groups.In addition to the formally scheduled contact time such as lectures and seminars etc.), you are encouraged to access academic support from staff within the course team, your personal tutor and the wide range of services available to you within the University.Independent learningOver the duration of your course, you will be expected to develop independent and critical learning, progressively building confidence and expertise through independent and collaborative research, problem-solving and analysis with the support of staff. You take responsibility for your own learning and are encouraged to make use of the wide range of available learning resources available.Overall workloadYour overall workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activity.While your actual contact hours may depend on the optional modules you select, the following information gives an indication of how much time you will need to allocate to different activities at each level of the course .Year 1 (Level 4): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 252 hours Independent learning: 948 hoursYear 2 (Level 5): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 240 hours Independent learning: 960 hoursYear 3 (Level 6): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 252 hours Independent learning: 948...

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Subjects

  • English Language
  • English
  • Media
  • Sociolinguistics

Course programme

Year 1

Core modules:

  • Approaches to Language Study
  • Understanding Language I: Syntax and Morphology
  • Understanding Language 2: Phonetics and Phonology
  • Understanding Language 3: Semantics and Pragmatics
  • History of the English Language
  • Language CSI

Optional modules:

  • The Black Atlantic
  • Scriptwriting
  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Critical Reading 1
  • Critical Reading 2
  • Early English Texts & Contexts
  • Introduction to Poetry
  • Key Concepts in Media and Communication
  • Media Studies in the Twenty-First Century
  • Introduction to Politics and Global Studies 1
  • Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Introduction to Politics and Global Studies 2
Year 2

Core modules:

  • Research Methods

Optional modules:

  • Middle English: Texts in Context
  • Old English I
  • Analysing Discourse
  • Language and the Mind
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language and Identity
  • Language Acquisition
  • Forensic Linguistics
  • Volunteering
  • Media Writing
  • Chaucer and his World
  • The Postmodern Age
  • Postcolonial Fictions
  • Exploring Media Theory
  • Social Media
  • Discourses of War
  • The War on Terror, the Axis of Evil and Beyond
Year 3

Core modules:

  • Extended Independent Study

Optional modules:

  • Old English II
  • Language Crimes
  • The Evolution of Language
  • Crafted Text
  • Cognitive Stylistics
  • Language Death, Revival and Change
  • English on the Periphery?
  • English and the World
  • Ethnography
  • Creative Non-Fiction for Children
  • Writing for Display
  • The Male Body: Masculinity and the Media
  • Diplomatic Studies

For further information about modules, please view the course leaflet (see right-hand side).

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing, for full-time students entering the programme in Year 1. Optional modules are listed where applicable. Please note the University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. For further information please refer to the terms and conditions at /termsandconditions. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed above.

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